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Rosario came out of nowhere last year. He had these crazy power numbers in the minors, but I always figured he would never walk enough to make it in the bigs. Still doesn't walk, but his power even translates well enough on the road that he could be making multiple All-Star squads.

that is the one thing of 21st century baseball I loathe beyond all things related to basebal

Without changing the rules, that is going to be the standard. What I miss is the deeper benches more than the complaints about too many pitchers. I like the speed specialist or the PH specialist etc that teams used to carry. You can't do that anymore, you have to have versatility on the bench.

Two Three extra base hits for the entire series for the Cardinals(and one of those doubles was probably a catchable ball by the shortstop) yet they have scored 17 20 runs this weekend. Not bad for a team that supposedly lives off of the long ball.

There seemed to have been some high scoring games today (three teams scored over 10 runs, 3 with 9, and another 2 teams with 8 runs) but because of a few shutouts(Det, Tor, TB), the average runs scored per team is just 5.25... still reminiscence of the halcyon days of roid ball.

There was a note on the Rockies broadcast that Jhoulys Chacin now has the lowest ERA in franchise history, lower even than Ubaldo's. But he's still about 75 IP short of qualifying for the bb-ref leaderboard.

I'm intentionally trying to catch as many of the free broadcasts as I can this year, trying to rate the announcers etc... watched the Reds game today and their announcers and was pleasantly surprised at the competence, after years of utter incompetence, it's gotta be a major change from what they had a few years ago to what they have now. The announcers actually acted like they heard of baseball games being played after 1980, compared to the incompetence of before.

Ron Washington gets a lot of deserved flak for being a crappy in-game strategist, but give the man credit: he's gotten inside Hamilton's head brilliantly, like the way IBM's "Deep Blue" team got inside Garry Kasparov's back in 1997. He's living in there rent-free right now.

Those intentional (and 'unintentional') walks to Pujols every at-bat are just a masterful display of contempt, leading Hamilton to have terrible at-bats borne of frustration.

I understand why he is leading off, but I really dislike the idea of Trout leading off instead of batting second. Yes I know, if he bats second, he isn't allowed to steal with Pujols batting third but I'm just a big fan of batting your a very good hitter second(if they have speed)

Another walk to Pujols...at some point in time, they are going to have to move Hamilton to a different spot in the lineup(if you aren't batting Trout second, why not Hamilton...Aybar is about the worst choice imaginable for the second spot)

Why? If I'm the Angels I'd be happy with the opposition giving me a free baserunner every time. Pujols, as awesome as he is, is no Barry Bonds circa 2001.

Because as of right now, it hasn't paid off. The theory only works if the guy batting behind Pujols is performing as an average major leaguer. It's almost always best to IBB a guy batting in front of a pitcher, and if Hamilton is hitting like that, then he needs to be moved.

Because as of right now, it hasn't paid off. The theory only works if the guy batting behind Pujols is performing as an average major leaguer. It's almost always best to IBB a guy batting in front of a pitcher, and if Hamilton is hitting like that, then he needs to be moved.

But you'd have to put a lot of stock on a small sample size of at bats to conclude that Hamilton is that bad, when the vast majority of evidence is that he isn't.

But you'd have to put a lot of stock on a small sample size of at bats to conclude that Hamilton is that bad, when the vast majority of evidence is that he isn't.

Not saying he is actually that bad, but saying he was playing and looking like crap so far this season. You have to go by your eyes sometimes when you are trying to judge where the player is at.

This silliness of thinking "oh eventually it equals out" is just stat geeks being ####### retarded about the real world. So far this season, Hamilton has looked overmatched, maybe he needs a little bit of babying.

But even if you think he looks overmatched, you have no idea when he's going to snap out of it. And this isn't like an IBB in front of a pitcher. When Hamilton snaps out of it, that free baserunner you put on in front of him could well be immediately scoring.

But even if you think he looks overmatched, you have no idea when he's going to snap out of it. And this isn't like an IBB in front of a pitcher. When Hamilton snaps out of it, that free baserunner you put on in front of him could well be immediately scoring.

That is what managing is about. You move players who are struggling around to spots where the pressure is reduced. There is a difference between knowing that there is no such thing as the ability to predict when a streak will end or start, versus seeing a player struggling.

I saw a good bit of Wilin Rosario in the Texas League and he is one of my favorites of all the "my guys" because I saw them play in the minors. Really seemed to enjoy himself during the games and saw him goofing around in warmups and just keeping everybody loose. But when the ball was live, he was focused. Seems like a good kid.

Ok, I was watching Angels-Rangers on my iphone (I am an MLB.tv subscriber). Decided to watch on my iPad instead for the bigger picture. Go to the game- and it tells me it's blacked out! Can anyone explain why it would be blacked out on my iPad but not on my iPhone?

These Ranger radio announcers are way too caught up in caring about the up to date seasonal stats.... earlier were talking about the leaders in the batting race, and now talking about the leaders in the RBI race...

Ok, I was watching Angels-Rangers on my iphone (I am an MLB.tv subscriber). Decided to watch on my iPad instead for the bigger picture. Go to the game- and it tells me it's blacked out! Can anyone explain why it would be blacked out on my iPad but not on my iPhone?

#firstworldproblemsiknow

Weird that you were even able to watch it on your iPhone. You should only be able to watch ESPN games on your MLB.tv if you are outside the US. If you get the WatchESPN app you can watch the Sunday Night games though.